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What is a swashplate?

What is a swashplate? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A revolving circular plate, set obliquely on its shaft, and acting as a cam to give a reciprocating motion to a rod in a direction parallel to the shaft.
  2. A device that translates input from a helicopter's controls into motion of the main rotor blades.
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A swashplate controls the collective and cyclic pitch of the main blades.
The swashplate can also change its angle to move the blades angle forwards or backwards, or left and right, to make the helicopter move in those directions.
The swashplate moves up and down, along the main shaft, to change the pitch of both blades.

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